According to research from Office Team, 63% of senior managers said their company is “very supportive of their staff’s efforts to achieve work-life balance.” However, only 34% of employees agreed with this statement.
This is a significant change from a similar work-life survey conducted 10 years ago in which 45% of senior managers characterized their company as very supportive, while 53% of employees did.
I am currently on the last day of my summer holiday and have started thinking about new technology I can use in the upcoming year. I have found 18 apps / websites that I am definitely going to try. Source: 18 must-try apps for the new academic year. – #EdTech4Beginners I need to check out…
Microsoft has been trying to keep PC makers away from Chrome OS for years, and consumers far away from Apple’s iPad alternative. While Windows RT largely failed at going mainstream, and Windows 8.1 with Bing was never widely used, the software giant is experimenting with another low-cost version of its popular Windows operating system: Windows…
But what about math? Deborah Stipek, a professor at Stanford and the former dean of the school of education, says math is just as important—if not more—to laying the foundations for educational success. But we are not nearly as focused on planting the seeds for a future love of math as we are for reading….
Mattel Is Making a $300 3D Printing Toy Studio For Kids The ThingMaker 3D is an aggressively priced ($300) 3D printer that pairs with an app to allow kids to create a wide range of toys than span both jewelry and figurines. The companion app that operates the printer is actually a very sophisticated 3D…
My son struggled with required math classes in both high school and college, as did I. And suspect both of us are somewhere within one standard deviation of a normal IQ. Politically-driven, nonsensical math requirements probably make me angrier than almost anything else in education right now. To think of the millions of lost classroom…
How long do you think the average work email goes unread? 10 minutes? 5 minutes? 1 minute? Try 6 seconds. Source: This Is How To Stop Checking Your Phone: 5 Secrets From Research – Barking Up The Wrong Tree I don’t understand how anyone get’s work done if they are immediately checking their email! When I can,…
